<div dir="ltr">I second that -- I recommend Fedora or Ubuntu for a new user -- both have fairly large, active communities, forums, and documentation to help users.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 9:48 AM, Rick Engebretson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eng@pinenet.com" target="_blank">eng@pinenet.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">This is normal. You are normal. A new Linux user tries some flaky Linux derivative nobody ever heard of and gets blown away by confusion.<br>
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I was encouraged to choose between Red Hat and SuSE in about 1997. I chose and bought SuSE and still use it without problems. Now it is called openSuse and they have a huge forum.<br>
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Get On with learning how to USE Linux and Get Off trying to make it work. As an old man I tell you, there isn't time enough in a lifetime to learn this software. Don't be another Linux victim, be a Linux master.<br>
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Danny Johnson wrote:<br>
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Thanks for responding.<br>
I have no graphical environment.<br>
I have used the Sabayon forum - pretty complex for me - can't find<br>
problem like I'm having.<br>
Do not understand "what update - what upgrade". - have updated and<br>
upgraded to the gills! - "Equo"<br>
I was wrong about my video card - I have an Nvidia 8800GT - downloaded<br>
the drivers - still no<br>
graphical environment.<br>
I do get a login prompt - but no graphical environment.<br>
I do not know what dmesg means or is.<br>
When do I execute Ctrl-Alt-F1?<br>
I posted the issue in the Sabayon forum and have gotten no reply yet.<br>
I just want to resolve this issue and go away, ya know?!<br>
I feel I'm being a pain by asking people to help.<br>
Sincerely,<br>
DJ<br>
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On Sun, Feb 25, 2018 at 11:02 PM, gerry <<a href="mailto:gsker@skerbitz.org" target="_blank">gsker@skerbitz.org</a><br></span><span class="">
<mailto:<a href="mailto:gsker@skerbitz.org" target="_blank">gsker@skerbitz.org</a>>> wrote:<br>
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Danny,<br>
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You will need to give the list more information....<br>
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1. "Sabayon Live CD" is ambiguous according to the download page:<br></span>
<a href="http://www.sabayon.org/download/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.sabayon.org/downloa<wbr>d/</a> <<a href="http://www.sabayon.org/download/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.sabayon.org/downlo<wbr>ad/</a>><div><div class="h5"><br>
"There are many different Sabayon variants"<br>
<br>
So What exactly did you install?<br>
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2. What have you tried? What update? What upgrade?<br>
Have you used Ctrl-Alt-F1 ? Do you get a login prompt?<br>
What specific video card do you have any why would you think that's<br>
relevant?<br>
What does "cannot get back to my desktop" mean? Do you not get a<br>
login prompt?<br>
Or do you just not get a graphical environment?<br>
What clues do you get from the dmesg command?<br>
What is in /var/log? Especially /var/log/Xorg.0.log.<br>
(less /var/log/Xorg.0.log)<br>
What does lsmod say? (It lists the loaded kernel modules)<br>
uname -a ?<br>
<br>
3. Sabayon is Gentoo based<br>
So not the most common of environments. A large percentage of repos<br>
are either rpm or deb based.<br>
As a result, you might get much more useful help from the Sabayon<br>
forums than from a generic Linux forum. A gentoo forum might also<br>
be more helpful.<br>
<br>
With that said, post more details and you'll get more help!<br>
<br>
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Looks like sabayon uses lightdm and systemd. linux 4.9.0.<br>
I downloaded the server iso and booted it up. Looks pretty normal...<br>
Let us know your specific issues.<br>
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<a href="https://wiki.sabayon.org/index.php?title=HOWTO:_Get_AMD/ATI_or_Nvidia_Video_Cards_working_in_Sabayon" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.sabayon.org/index<wbr>.php?title=HOWTO:_Get_AMD/ATI_<wbr>or_Nvidia_Video_Cards_working_<wbr>in_Sabayon</a><br>
<<a href="https://wiki.sabayon.org/index.php?title=HOWTO:_Get_AMD/ATI_or_Nvidia_Video_Cards_working_in_Sabayon" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.sabayon.org/inde<wbr>x.php?title=HOWTO:_Get_AMD/<wbr>ATI_or_Nvidia_Video_Cards_work<wbr>ing_in_Sabayon</a>><br>
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Gerry<br>
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On Sun, 25 Feb 2018, Danny Johnson wrote:<br>
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I am new to Linux.<br>
I have installed Sabayon live CD to my hard drive with an<br>
accurate checksum.<br>
I did the update and the upgrade and cannot get back to my desktop.<br>
I have an ATI Radeon GPU.<br>
I have spent a lot of time researching the forum and just cannot<br>
find a solution.<br>
I hope someone can help me out.<br>
Sincerely,<br>
Danny J.<br>
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